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I'm here to be myself as much as possible—and the absolute truth can only be...nothing.
A conversation about meaning, identity, physicality, and purpose with Bowen Dwelle and Andy Johns
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Andy Johns
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Bowen Dwelle
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My entire book-length memoir, serialized right here on Substack
From “Who am I, and how could I not know?” to finding the voice of self, sanity and soul.
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Bowen Dwelle
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E15 / Behind the Mask with Ashanti Branch
Listen now (45 mins) | Discipline, adulthood, intimacy and the range of deep connection, giving room to explore someone’s thinking, the power of…
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What I'm Reading — Jan 2023
Scott Britton, Brad Listi, Michael Mohr, Kim Stanley Robinson, Steven Pressfield, James Lee Burke, Charlie Engle, Amy Blackstone, Andy Johns, Liv…
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Bowen Dwelle
Happy Music Makes Me Angry
...and angry music makes me happy
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E09 / The Adventure of Young Fatherhood with Noah Rainey
Listen now (52 mins) | A commitment to joy and fun, the power of invitation, embodied virtues, exploring the territory of fear, unexpected fatherhood…
What I've Learned from Ten Brothers and Teachers
Adam Gayner, Roddy McDowell, Lucas Krump, T Callahan, Bob Conlin, Anthony David Adams, Robert Ellis, Kenyon Phillips, Noah Rainey, and James Brown on…
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Bowen Dwelle
"Writing yourself into existence" with Lyle McKeany
Writing yourself into existence, how writing is like music, whether men can say “sex”, writing memoir as a man, what we're afraid to write about…
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Bowen Dwelle
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Lyle McKeany
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Doing my best to get my nose in it
Memoir and personal essay on identity, intuition, addiction and more.
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Bowen Dwelle
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Star Drive
Still mostly asleep in the liminal dawn, I first hear the wind as it pours over the ridge, shaking the trees and wrapping the house in white, blowing…
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Love as a place
a clutch of roses dropped in a Capp Street crosswalk
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Chapter 8 — A guerrilla mission to scale San Francisco's most iconic landmark
An Ordinary Disaster — chapter 08 — The Golden Gate
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